Dr. Braithwaite,
I went to Friday Harbor with you in 1983, and took Zoology 202 the semester before. I loved the Friday Harbor excursion and gained a wealth of knowledge and experience there. I thought your lectures were really interesting and your artwork was just amazing. I remember once when you told of a mysterious thief who had been stealing your fishes from a tank. After losing several expensive specimens without a trace, you told how you brought a sleeping bag to the lab and waited for the culprit to appear only to witness your octopus climb from an adjoining tank into the fish tank and back after enjoying an expensive fishy meal. I have been teaching middle school science for 26 years and, more recently, Oceanography 101 at the local junior college. I continue to share the octopus story with both my middle school and college students.
Thank you for a wonderful education.
(Alan Valentine earned a BS [Zoology '85] and went on to earn an MA in Environmental Education in 1992 from CSU San Bernardino. He now teaches Middle School in California.)
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